Efficiency in European banking

European Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1931-1955

  Altunbas Y ^a   Gardener, E P M ^b   Molyneux, P ^b,c   Moore, B ^d  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d DOWNING COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Efficiency; Frontiers

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMY OF SCALE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0035165904     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(00)00091-X     Document Type: Article

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